Sheldon Reback

Sheldon Reback is CoinDesk editorial's Regional Head of Europe. Before joining the company, he spent 26 years as an editor at Bloomberg News, where he worked on beats as diverse as stock markets and the retail industry as well as covering the dot-com bubble of 2000-2002. He managed the Bloomberg Terminal's main news page and also worked on a global project to produce short, chart-based stories across the newsroom. He previously worked as a journalist for a number of technology magazines in Hong Kong. Sheldon has a degree in industrial chemistry and an MBA. He owns ether and bitcoin below CoinDesk's notifiable limit.

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Finance

BCB Group's Chief Compliance Officer to Exit in Latest Senior Management Departure

Natasha Powell is leaving the crypto payments firm. She will continue to support the group as a non-exec director of BCB Payments.

Kraken has hired Natasha Powell as U.K. head of compliance: sources. (BCB Group)

Markets

Bitcoin Bottom In? BTC Order Book Liquidity Says Yes

Liquidity both close to and further away from the going market rate has declined, hinting at an impending bull reversal.

Bitcoin's order book indicates the price may be nearing a market bottom. (joakant/Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Woo X Introduces Copy Trading, With a Twist

The exchange’s version of social trading comes with a countertrade feature as well as more transparent and equitable profit sharing.

Woo X Chief Operating Officer Willy Chuang (Woo X)

Markets

Bitcoin Pumps, Then Dumps Below $54K as Jobs Report Spurs Crypto Volatility

The price swing liquidated nearly $50 million of leveraged derivatives positions across all cryptocurrencies in one hour, CoinGlass data shows.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk)

Finance

Sonic SVM, Gaming Project on Solana Blockchain, Plans $12.8M Node Sale

The blockchain project is taking advantage of an increasingly popular fundraising method known as "node sales" just months after a traditional $12 million fundraise.

Chris Zhu, CEO and co-founder at Sonic SVM, onstage this week at Korea Blockchain Week (Sonic SVM)

Markets

Crypto Market Lacks Major Near-Term Catalysts, JPMorgan Says

Total crypto market cap was $2.02 trillion at the end of August, a 24% decline from this year's peak of $2.67 trillion in March, the report said.

(Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin's 200-Day Average About to Lose Bullish Momentum; NFP Eyed

The average, widely considered a barometer of the long-term trend, has hit stall speed for the first time since October.

(Ri_Ya/Pixabay)

Markets

Weeks After Ether ETF Debut, ETH Market Liquidity Has Dropped by 20%

Order book liquidity refers to the market's ability to absorb large buy and sell orders without influencing the spot price.

The 5% market depth for ETH pairs on centralized exchanges. (CCData)

Policy

UK Regulator Says 87% of Crypto Registration Applications Failed to Meet Standards for Approval

The FCA approved only four of the 35 applications it received in the year ended March 31.

(FCA)

Finance

Crypto Payments Firm BCB Group Has Received Takeover Interest: Sources

The company received a takeover approach from an investor while exploring a Series B funding round.

(engin akyurt/Unsplash)